A latest research has brought forward the fact that single mothers spent a lot less time with their children as compared to the married mothers.

The differences were analyzed by Sarah Kendig and Suzanne Bianchi from University of Maryland in the amount and type of time that single, cohabiting, and married mothers spend with their children.

Scientists have found clues that resveratrol, a minor ingredient of red wine can increase life span. The ingredient has shown to be effective on laboratory mice.

The scientists at Harvard Medical School, believe that the integrity of chromosomes is changed due to aging. Resveratrol activates a protein known as sirtuin that restores the chromosomes to health.

The study, published in the journal Cell, shows that DNA damage a breakdown in the cell’s ability to understand which genes are switched on and which are switched off. This plays a critical role in aging.

Indonesian AIDS commission has rejected a plan by the lawmakers of Papua province which requires microchips to be implanted in  HIV/ AIDS patients to monitor the spread of disease.  

It is expected that the bill would be passed on a majority vote and would implemented in January 2009. The implicit reason behind the bill is to track sexually active people who have HIV/AIDS who could be prosecuted if they are suspected of infecting others. According to lawmakers, the proposed bill would also give a permission to the authorities to identify and ultimately punish "sexually aggressive,” HIV-positive individuals.

CT Scan can produce 64- slice image of blocked arteries. Though the images cannot be termed as equivalent to the tradition method of detecting blocked arteries using angiography, they are good enough to show the condition of the patient.

The scan method is much safer for many patients, according to researchers who published a study today in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Angiography is a complicated procedure that involves inserting a guide wire and catheter into the groin, threading them through the blood vessels to the heart. Thus the dye that allows blockages to be visible through X-ray is injected.

The recent revelation by the Health Minister P K Sreemathy in the Kerala Assembly that there was no mechanism available now to monitor the quality of medicines, worth Rs 1,800 crore a year, being sold through 15,000 outlets in the State brought sorry condition of the medical services in the limelight.

Doctors believe that a booster vaccination for parents of new babies and other household members can help in protecting infants from whooping cough. Doctors added that the infants were too young to have been vaccinated themselves as the first dose is given at two months of age with repeat doses at three months, four months and four years.

Recently two young babies died due to whooping cough at Royal Hospital for Sick Children, in Edinburgh. The infants contracted this infection from their parents or older siblings.